Ashington with Buncton Sussex Family History Guide

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Ashington with Buncton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Bunckton and Buncton.

Alternative Names: Ashington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1736
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Warminghurst
  • Thakeham
  • Washington
  • Shipley
  • Wiston

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHINGTON, a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; 4 miles NW of Steyning, and 5 ESE of Pulborough r. station. It has a post office under Hurstperpoint; contains the hamlet of Bunckton; and has fairs on 29 June and 21 July. Acres, 1,273. Real property, £1,509. Pop., 234. Houses, 52. The property is subdivided.

The parish is noted for coursing. The living is a rectory united with the curacy of Bunckton, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £288. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Ashington

England, Sussex, Ashington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashington, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Sussex, Ashington – Census – 1881 – Indexes ( 2 )
Ashington census, 1881
Author:    Jenner, Anthony

Ashington, 1881

England, Sussex, Ashington – Church records ( 6 )
Ashington Bishop’s transcripts : baptisms, marriages, burial, 1571-1737, marriages, 1611-1812
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Callow, J. H.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ashington (Sussex)

Ashington parish registers : baptisms 1571-1840, marriages 1583-1840, banns 1754-1812, burials 1571-1840
Author:    Bishop, John H.; Outram, R. H.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ashington (Sussex)

Bishop’s transcripts of Ashington, 1571-1878
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ashington (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1571-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ashington (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Parish registers of Ashington, 1736-1901
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ashington (Sussex)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Ashington with Buncton, Sussex, England, 1571-1812
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Ashington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Ashington – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates of Ashington, 1892-1896
Author:    Ashington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Ashington – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rates of Ashington, 1892-1896
Author:    Ashington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Ashington – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Ashington Church of England school, 1889-1940
Author:    Ashington Church of England School (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Ashington – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Ashington, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Poor rates of Ashington, 1892-1896
Author:    Ashington (Sussex)

Buncton 

England, Sussex, Buncton – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Buncton monumental inscriptions
Author:    Sussex Family History Group

Sussex monumental inscriptions : 25 graveyards – Arun Valley & Worthing outskirts
Author:    Sussex Family History Group

England, Sussex, Buncton – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Wiston and Buncton school, 1892-1940
Author:    Wiston and Buncton School (Sussex)

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Thakeham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Storrington
  • Poor Law Union: Thakeham
  • Hundred: West Grinstead
  • Province: Canterbury